He laughed.
Then his expression became serious again.
“I should never have asked for full guardianship before exhausting every other option.”
“No.”
“I should have shown you the February directive as soon as I found it.”
“Yes.”
“I should have questioned the medical summary instead of assuming the professionals had checked it.”
“Yes.”
He looked at me.
“You could make this slightly easier.”
“I could.”
“But you won’t.”
“No.”
For a moment, silence returned.
Then I said, “I owe you apologies too.”
Daniel blinked.
“I spent years treating your caution as weakness.”
He looked away.
“I mocked you for worrying.”
“You did.”
“I ignored you when you tried to talk to me about my health.”
“You definitely did.”
“Now who is making this difficult?”
“I learned from you.”
I smiled.
“I also accused you of waiting for me to fail.”
Daniel’s expression changed.
“That one hurt.”
“I know.”
